
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Camara DaCosta Johnson, professionally known as Yaya Alafia (formerly Yaya DaCosta), is an American actress and model. She's best known for her starring role as April Sexton on NBC's Chicago Med, as Andrea Vaughn in Our Kind of People, and as Whitney Houston in the TV movie Whitney. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. She eventually went to star as Cassandra in ABC's daytime soap All My Children, as Nico Slater in ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty, and as April Sexton on NBC's medical drama Chicago Med. She's also appeared in films including The Kids Are All Right, In Time, The Messenger, The Butler, And So It Goes, and The Nice Guys.

as Anita

as Audrina
1999

as Princess Kemi (voice)
1989

as Anita
2004

as April Sexton
2012

as April Sexton
2014

as April Sexton
2015

as Andrea Freemann
2022

as Self - Contestant
2003

as Molly McGinty
2011

as Specialist Amber Stiles
2007

as Nico Slater
2006

as Holly Bennett
2011
as Sarah
2019

as Monique Smith
2025

as Nora Bolden
2019

as Sarah
2019

as Kendra
2018

as Tally
2016

as Whitney Houston
2015

as Kennedy
2014

as Sade Bakare
2013

as Carol Hammie
2013

as Annie
2013

as Greta
2011

as Sophie
2011

as Vanessa
2011

as Siren #3
2010

as Tanya
2010

as Monica Washington
2009

as Vanessa
2008

as China Doll
2007

as LaRhette
2006
as Anita
2 ep.

as Audrina
1 episodes

as Princess Kemi (voice)
1 episodes

as Anita
2 episodes

as April Sexton
12 episodes

as April Sexton
2 episodes

as April Sexton
122 episodes

as Andrea Freemann
18 episodes

as Self - Contestant
12 episodes

as Molly McGinty
1 episodes

as Specialist Amber Stiles
1 episodes

as Nico Slater
6 episodes

as Holly Bennett
1 episodes

as Ms. Jenkins
1 episodes

as Brooke Sullivan
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Angela Vaughn
12 episodes